Agriculture: coconut and vanilla plantations; vegetables and fruit;
poultry, beef, dairy products
Economic aid:
recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-88), $3.95 billion
Currency: 1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 96.25 (January 1995), 100.94 (1994), 102.96 (1993), 96.24 (1992), 102.57 (1991), 99.00 (1990); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc
Fiscal year: calendar year
@French Polynesia:Transportation
Railroads: 0 km
Highways: total: 600 km (1982) paved: NA unpaved: NA
Ports: Mataura, Papeete, Rikitea, Uturoa
Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,127 GRT/6,710 DWT
ships by type: passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1
note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to
operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than
permissable under the main French register